Users Guide

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Deployment and reprovisioning
Every server and chassis has a large list of attribute values that describe the settings and functionality of the device. These settings
must be set properly before deploying an operating system to make the server functional. The Deployment Portal enables you to
perform initial server or chassis conguration and operating system deployment. The portal allows you to create a server or chassis
conguration templates that include settings for Lifecycle Controller system, iDRAC, BIOS, RAID, NIC for servers, and CMC for
chassis. These conguration templates can then be deployed to multiple servers or chassis for initial conguration before an
operating system deployment process is kicked o from a predened bootable ISO image.
Using the Deployment Portal, you can:
• Create a device conguration template
• Edit a device conguration template
• Create a chassis infrastructure template
• Add devices to the repurpose and bare-metal group
• Modify or remove devices from the repurpose and bare-metal group
• Deploy a bare-metal server
• Create a virtual I/O identity pool
• Create a compute pool
• Deploy a server with virtual I/O identities (stateless deployment)
• Replace a server
• View the tasks that have been created and their status
• Congure the deployment le share
NOTE: In OpenManage Essentials version 2.5, streaming functionality is used for the device conguration deployment
and conguration compliance tasks of:
• PowerEdge servers with the latest version of iDRAC7 or 8, and rmware versions of 2.50.50.50 and later installed.
• PowerEdge servers with the latest version of iDRAC9, and rmware versions of 3.00.00.00 and later installed.
It is recommended to upgrade the servers to the latest rmware versions, and avoid using le share settings because of
security reasons in the Windows operating systems.
NOTE: Devices in the repurpose and bare-metal group are displayed as targets for device conguration deployment. You
must explicitly add devices to the repurpose and bare-metal group for deploying a device conguration. On bare-metal
deployments, you can remove the devices from the repurpose and bare-metal group after the deployment is complete.
NOTE: The device conguration deployment and conguration compliance features are licensed (fee-based) for
supported PowerEdge servers with iDRAC. The CMC Enterprise License is required for creating and deploying device
conguration along with verifying conguration compliance on PowerEdge VRTX and PowerEdge FX2/FX2s chassis. For
more information about licensing, see OpenManage Essentials — Server Conguration Management License.
NOTE: No license is required for creating or deploying device conguration on PowerEdge M1000e chassis or IOA.
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